The 50th Anniversary of the Columbus Day storm

Power was out for a week in some areas. Ted Buehner with the National Weather Service says just imagine the impact of such a storm today on a society reliant on electricity, dependent on power and communication, and a population more than double what it was in 1962. Photo by Image courtesy National Weather Service

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